Excerpt from An Historical Account of Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, Architectural and Archoeological: With the Lives of Its Abbots, From the Foundation to the Dissolution of the House He qiiztrrnian ghhep of Kirkstall, situate on the River Aire, in one of the most romantic valleys in England, at about three miles from the large manu facturing town of Leeds, is per haps the best known monastic ruin in Yorkshire, and is surpassed by none in picturesque beauty or architectural, and antiquarian interest. The monasticiorder to which it belonged had its origin at Cisteaux, in France, in the early part of the 12th century. The first monastery of the order founded in England was at Rievaux, in the most romantic part of the East Riding. The Kirkstall community, however, was instituted first at Bernoldswic by a colony Of monks, Of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, at York. The Prior, sub-prior, and several brethren desirous Of a stricter rule, left that community, and founded a branch of the sev'erer order at Bernoldswic, in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.